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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Dates and Times strftime & strptime

eli ahlander
eli ahlander
7,404 Points
Posted by eli ahlander
eli ahlander
7,404 Points

Not sure what I did here to get the wrong year. Seems that 2015 was passed in on the testing end?

It seems to me that the only way 2015 could even register is because it gets passed in wrong on the testing side. Thanks for any feedback!

timestrings.py 
## Examples
# to_string(datetime_object) => "24 September 2012"
# from_string("09/24/12 18:30", "%m/%d/%y %H:%M") => datetime
from datetime import datetime

def to_string(datetime):
    return datetime.strftime('%d, %B, %Y')

2 Answers

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

Hi Eli!

This passes both tasks:

## Examples
# to_string(datetime_object) => "24 September 2012"
# from_string("09/24/12 18:30", "%m/%d/%y %H:%M") => datetime
import datetime

def to_string(datetime_object):
  return datetime_object.strftime("%d %B %Y")


def from_string(date_str, format_str):
    return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, format_str)

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!

eli ahlander
eli ahlander
7,404 Points
eli ahlander
eli ahlander
7,404 Points

Thanks, I think my issue was the commas in the strftime argument, but I still think it returns 2015, even though it passes

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

Hi Eli!

I tested this:

## Examples
# to_string(datetime_object) => "24 September 2012"
# from_string("09/24/12 18:30", "%m/%d/%y %H:%M") => datetime
from datetime import datetime

def to_string(datetime):
    return datetime.strftime('%d %B %Y')


print( to_string(datetime.now()) )

Here:

https://www.katacoda.com/courses/python/playground

And it prints:

19 March 2021

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!